The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-22

AUTHOR OF "TnE GATES AJAR,o
lNI'p-'re 1s5tf9 lTBaHq OF TIE TUT
For Mary was there, and Fern. Nell
Hope was there, and tho greon.and. pin
Dodge GIL, and Daisy Dubbs, and tn
irizz'ed Freshman, and q good many Q
the old sophotnores. More Of the iamilla
faces were there than Lotto had though
ever to SEQ again. She did enjoy It. = Sh
was keenly excited. She was surprise,
to bs 90 well remembered. She felt crate
ful Tor the Misses 'anu welcomes. He
heart went out with the bound Of cterna
girlhood, 10 meet her old mates. It seem
ed for the time .as II all the prose Of III
had turned intoIpoetry again. ,g1st.DJ'l
Lie had not boen poetry to them all
by any means. Mary. Mace had been I
teacher all this tine--oyerworked ant
underpaid, over.conacious and under.ex
aeting Of her righta; hut abe had ,helpet
along,gwith the family problems, and triet
to "educate the boyb't-who, alaa, woul,
not be educated. Ono went 10 sea, an,
the other was In rreck.tie factory; bu
Mary had done her best. She had Til
pallid eyes which toll Of duty done, ant
the tired mouth which tell how hard i
was to do 1t. nm Iniins,l. SZ,i {
Daley Dubbs waa engaged. 1t seemat
not to have agreed With her, for she hat
grown rather thin; but ahe was exceed
ingiy happy, and at least 1t was healthier
than slate-pencils. She was engaged to-,
missionary who was going to take her t
Persia In September. His name was D ob
bins.a Daisy had not done anything par
ticular since abe left college. She said sht
had tried to keep up a course .of reading
Nellie Hope was . teacher, too. On the
whole, Nellie had been rather a happy
teacher. She took life lightly, and had
expcnuivo clothes. Lotto wondered II she
wore gored night.gowns still. a l'1n ~ 4
The Dodge girl hadnot been any thing
in particular either. !, She said her ia,he,
had been eick, and she was needed al
home. She Bald she went out good deal,
aud enj oyed herself. She said she was In
Switzerland last summer. 49,. aaeisi
Two or three of the sophomores were
teachers; one was comfortable little
artiat, aud had classes, and did well; one
was what wa called an author, and wrote
critiques for weekly papers. li1di a,sls i
Several Of the young women wrote poet
ry, but L did not own II. ,One was study.
ing 10 be a doctor, and one was taking care
81 her old parents. and one WAS hoping tc
I'll achair of metaphysics, and one was
reading Greek tragedies, and one was On.
Gagedto a broker. and one was a photo:
grapher, and one had broken an engage.
ment with chemist because his oyercos.
smelt Of shlphurie, alid. tI6.gj Il 1,
The frizzled Freshman had at least at.
'ained her aspirations. She vas married.
She had been married year. and half.
She brough baby and it was handed
about among the alumrie just as loyalty
as if It's mother had diploma, and as rap.
turously as II the alumne hpdn't. It was
a pretty baby, and, tho little Freshman
said it was the image Of it's papa, and tie
alumpp (most OF them) kissed 1t all
Fern Holbrooke was not engaged. Some
times Lotto though abe would be, before
very long. There was classtnate Of Eg.
bert's-in lset, there were several. class
mates Of 'Exbert's; but this ono was a
aeighbor on Beacon street (which made
it 80 conveniently and Gno,- manly iel-
low. % He was a young DOCTOR or was 90.
ing to be.(I; q 2gIcyl 5"'e !
Fern had grown older. She did not
talk about the young doctor, even to Lotto.
Oh,-yes, :Fern-had grown older. How
pretty, though !! Prettleg than che used to
be- and twice 10 dainty, delicate. and
sweet. Fern WIS very busy. Every Bos-
ton girl ls very busy. She took lessons in
things. She studied music, painting, EN-.
6roidery,t elocution, German, and what
not. She kept up her Greek, and began q
course of Sauscrit. She belonged to the
Saturday morning clyb, and wac gu ardent
visitor OF the Associated Charities. She
ALSO went out good deal, and had pretty
dresses. and was q loving daughter, and O
sunny sister, and attended Trinity Church,
and liked to be liked by poor people, and
vas very happy gill. It warmed Loto'a
nusy heat to ice her. "a the whole, as
friendships 20, in this world, they had
been faithful friends, +
In tho evening, as ! said, Lotto was in
sited to talk 10 tho girls while on "Bqsi,
ness Women She had never made q
speech In her lie, except now and then
when she had something to say to the
people in her factory, and she felt rather
nervous about 1t, especially when she saw
how the, girls crowded in, and how eagerly
they looked 1T her. The room was full to
the brim, and very still. Lotto stood at
the desk Of the Professor of Biology. She
looked earnest, and bright and sweet, and
just a. curly as Of we're more, sober, it
must ha owned, aud there were touches Of
care, on her young face; but 1t was care
triumphant, not care ,discomAtted, She
ltill had that direct LOOK abe used Ia have.
After her first shrinking from the sound
Of her own voice, she talked to the girls
with ease and pleasure. She talked moro
grsyely when sha saw how gravely they
listened; and, as abe went on, she told
them a great deal that she had not OK.
pected to, 5c%E%5 yf3.s-; j
She told them how 1t came ahout-She
knew 80 many Of the girls that it seemed
quite natural-how she, herself, had CONT
INTO the way, Of life that ale had made, 70
far, successful. She said a few words
about her invalid mother for whose cake
the presence Of daughter at home was
the decisive point in the daughters own
career. soy f'-1.t' % lr- , ~ ~.
i4"sometimesI think We make our own
lives" said Lotto "women's lives as we'll
mems, BY wishes as we'll az duties, and II
is right that 1t should be SO, ior, some.
times wishes and duties are one thing. Il
was mot so with me- Mine has been
made Of duties allsthe way, % far, ] could
not do what / knew ! wanted TO-" eaid
what I thought ought TO-" /
Shetold them something Of her exper,
fence at crocheting and teaching and
telegraphlng; and enliyened the spirits OF
her audience with brief illusions to the
pea.green old lady, and Miss Mizery'e
whooping.cough, and the tlirta,ions Of the
telegraph and telephone in Boston; but
most Of her little speech concerned the
principles Of business SUCCESS for women
as illustrated in her own case, by the
ooo~1okson u1,n In y a. $500. ~ - ~